Regardless I don't see why they want to block stuff in the US. Who the hell cares about another crappy 90s reboot unless you can see clips of the story and CGI yourself? There's always Tor and VPN I guess.

Viz bought the rights some time ago. DiC became bankrupt a while back and Viz purchased the rights to the franchise, so they aren't keen on letting old fans watch the ones that were watched in the 90s

Had no idea Viz bought it. As far as I knew, the 90s stuff was rendered an orphan work due to the bankruptcy, and that Naoko Takeuchi had some role in having it stay that way.

You think maybe Viz will start reissuing the 90s stuff when they're done with Stars? As a new Moonie I've only seen clips and episodes on streaming sites when I've wanted to compare things, and the only thing I prefer about DiC/Cloverway is the audio in the transformations. But for people who "grew up with it" I"m sure there's a market for DiC/Cloverway.

my assumption is when viz bought the US license to SM they bought all the rights including the old dubs I guess because they want their new dub to be the definitive go-to version for SM in English and/or suband I suppose the situation with Dic is part of that as well

my assumption is when viz bought the US license to SM they bought all the rights including the old dubs I guess because they want their new dub to be the definitive go-to version for SM in English and/or suband I suppose the situation with Dic is part of that as well

God I hope not. DiC wasn't the best Sailor Moon publisher but it was still very important.

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It is not a surprise that much. Disney owns the Stars Wars franchise and has issued players of the old Lucas Arts games warnings not to play music. Viz is doing the same in the sense that they own the rights to Sailor Moon in the US.